Swindon-based digital marketing consultancy toinfinity has picked up two new clients in the past two months, bolstering its growing list of outdoor and sports brands. Customised online cycle retailer Mango Bikes has enlisted the toinfinity team to help with its ambitious growth plan. The South Cerney-based firm, which aims to quadruple total revenue targets...
Three new recruits have joined Banks BHG, the fast-growing Swindon accountancy firm created by the merger of long-established local practices Banks and BHG. The arrival of graduate trainee accountant Kathryn Milward, bookkeeper David Mason and Nicki Goddard, who joins the payroll team, takes staffing at the firm to more than 30 following the completion...
Swindon’s yet-to-open Regent Circus leisure and retail development has been sold for £40.5m – nearly £8m more than the price it was on the market for. The new owner is Guernsey-based property investment company UK Commercial Property Trust (UKCPT), which also owns Swindon’s The Parade shopping centre. As revealed by Swindon Business News earlier...
BGF, the business growth fund set up to help the UK’s growing smaller and medium-sized firms, has appointed Sarah Ledwidge as an investment manager for Wiltshire, the Thames Valley and Hampshire. Sarah, pictured, will be responsible for identifying investable businesses and working with them to achieve their growth plans. Her appointment brings BGF’s Bristol-based...
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Two directors of a collapsed Swindon furniture company have been disqualified for five years for accepting customer deposits worth tens of thousands of pounds despite the business being insolvent. The action against Kevin Grey and Paul Collins of Manor Furniture (Swindon) follows an investigation by the Insolvency Service. The pair were found to have...
North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson is backing a national campaign to license garages to protect consumers from rogue mechanics. He has also promised to oppose any plans to move MOT inspections from an annual requirement to one needed only every two years. His pledges came after a visit to Swindon motor dealer Pebley Beach....
Swindon-based Synergy Health is investing £18m to make it the world’s largest operator of sterilisation plants for the international healthcare industry. The firm, which provides outsourced services ranging from hospital laundry to sterilising sophisticated medical devices, is to spend the money upgrading and expanding the global network of plants making up its Applied Sterilisation...
Public relations consultants are to hear how harnessing the power of social media and online content can boost PR campaigns from one of the industry’s leading lights, Swindon-based Sara Tye. Sara, pictured, founder and managing director of leading Swindon consultancy redheadPR, will speak at the high-profile seminar to be staged in the town next...
